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Hobby project to try out webcam image capture using Python, with a view to astrophotography. Initial aims included doing image capture under Mac OS X with control of exposure, gain, white balance etc. That turns out to be problematic due to driver issues.

Currently looking at integrating an I2C orientation sensor via a Raspberry Pi to mimic a computerised "Goto" telescope mount using the Meade LX200 protocol, in order to track where a telescope is pointing via client software like Sky Safari: http://astrobeano.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/instrumented-telescope-with-raspberry.html

Potential medium/long term ambitions may include doing image alignment/registration and stacking - combining multiple frames to maximum light collection and cancel out noise, but also stiching images together (e.g. for lunar photography) using techniques similar to those for constructing panoramas.